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Orpheus on Gems

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APPENDIX.
ORPHEUS ON GEMS.
A gift to mortals from protecting Jove, The son of Maia brings me from above, By Jove's command, to teach to all below A sure remede against each earthly woe. 5 Hear it with joy ! this to the wise I say, Whoso heart is right, and who the gods obey ; For the profane, in their own folly blind, Heaven suffers not this remedy to find. Rejoicing in this boon in times of yore, Phoebus his son up to the immortals bore, And led the healing god to where on high Olympus rears his snows amid the sky.
10 Where, too, the Athenian goddess, Pallas chaste, Alcides, saviour of the nations placed. Taught by such lore, great Chiron scaled the walls Of lofty heaven, and burst into its halls. All these, of demi-gods the first and best, Joyous received the mansions of the blest ; But us, the god who bears the golden wand, To dwell in peace contented doth command ; Enjoying wealth, in its possession sure, Through his kind care, from every ill secure.— Whatever mortal his bold heart impels To seek the mystic cave where Hermes dwells,
20 That mystic cave where the wise god a hoard Of all things good hath in his treasure stored, He shall return, and bear in both his hands A heap of blessings numerous as the sands : No care, no sorrow shall he ever taste, Nor pining sickness his strong body waste ; Nor, dreading his foes' might, from battle flee, Abandoning the hope of victory :
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